Justin Trudeau

After just nine days in force, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau recently cancelled the Emergencies Act, deployed in response to COVID mandate protests, occupations and several border blockades that erupted back in January. The so-called Freedom Convoy has come and gone ...

Earlier this month, Canada delivered a letter to a number of senior U.S. senators threatening to suspend parts of the USMCA trade agreement unless the Senate backs away from a tax credit for American-built electric vehicles. In the letter, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and International Trade Minister Mary Ng stated that certain provisions of the electric vehicle tax credit violates Amer

President Biden spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Friday in his first call with a foreign official. The leaders discussed combatting the COVID-19 pandemic, strengthening economic ties, defense and climate change. They also discussed the U ...

Following the executive orders signed by President Joe Biden, a group of Republican Senators announced opposition to the halting of construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The effort was led by Senator Steve Daines of Montana and Republicans from Idaho, Wyoming, Kansas, Oklahoma and North Dakota ...

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will be in Washington this week to celebrate the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade going into full effect. The Washington Trade Daily said Obrador will meet with President Trump and may also meet with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week announced new measures to support farmers and agri-food businesses in Canada facing financial hardship due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Farm Credit Canada will receive support from the Government that will allow for an additional $5 billion in lending capacity to producers, agribusinesses, and food processors ...

The governments of the United States and Canada have mutually agreed to restrict all non-essential travel across its borders, as both countries try to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday supply lines of trade goods remain open, however persons who are simply traveling will no longer be able to cross the border for tourism and recreational purposes ..

Canada will consider USMCA next week.  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters this week, "On Monday, we will introduce a Ways and Means motion, and on Wednesday we will table legislation to ratify the deal.”   The comments were part of a press conference detailing plans for Canada’s Parliament, which returns to work next week.  Trudeau added, “We ...

While the House impeachment hearings got started on Wednesday, Republicans are trying to make the case that the issue is making it difficult to pass USMCA. Speaking Tuesday in New York, President Trump said the existing NAFTA is “disastrous,” even though the agreement made Ag trade virtually tariff-free between the three countries.   Tr...

A delegation of U.S. House Democrats this week told Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau USMCA negotiations are nearly complete. Led by Representative Richard Neal, the group met with Trudeau and other top officials from Canada. Neal said of the talks, “Significant progress is being achieved” on the agreement.   Tr...